Most of us old enough to remember can recall a time when the Senate involved a fair amount of compromise, at least on presidential appointments. It pretty much boiled down to the idea that what goes around comes around. Unless … Continue reading →
And it’s Neil Gorsuch. “I am a man of my word” says Trump. Here’s what the WaPo had to say about Goresuch three days ago: Indeed, Gorsuch, now 49, seems naturally equipped for his spot on President Trump’s shortlist of … Continue reading →
Donald Trump fired acting AG Sally Yates after she refused to defend his recent executive order on immigration. Why do I call the firing “unremarkable,” when it’s the news du jour? Because any president in his position would have done … Continue reading →
President Trump’s talk of voter fraud causing him to lose the 2016 popular vote has unleashed a storm of criticism with two main points. The first is that his accusation is undermining our democracy. The second is that his claim … Continue reading →
First of all, let’s get the legalism out of the way: Obama didn’t pardon Manning. The verdict stands. Obama shortened Manning’s sentence by a huge amount, commuting the original 35 years (of which Manning has served 6) to time served … Continue reading →
As a contributor to the Legal Insurrection blog, I have a special interest in the attempt that’s presently going on to silence Legal Insurrection from reporting through YouTube videos on hearings connected with the BDS movement. Here’s the story as … Continue reading →
Most of the accused officers who were put on trial in the Freddie Gray case are suing the prosecution and the sheriff: A federal judge is allowing key parts of a lawsuit against Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, brought … Continue reading →
I often cross-post at the blog Legal Insurrection, but most of the time my posts there are just slightly-edited versions of posts here. However, today I have a post up at LI which is related to one I wrote here … Continue reading →
UPDATE 5:50: The four perpetrators—two 18-year-old men and one 18-year old and one 24-year-old female (the women appear from their names to be sisters or otherwise related)—have now been charged, and “hate crime” is among the charges: Authorities have charged … Continue reading →
When President Obama nominated Merrick Garland as SCOTUS Justice Scalia’s replacement last March, it was eight months from the 2016 election. Republicans controlled the Senate, and they decided to punt and wait for the next president. This was somewhat of … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE below] It seems to be the big story of the day—the news that the House GOP has, as the NY Times puts it, voted “with no warning” to “hobble the independent ethics office.” That certainly sounds bad, very … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: A Mexican man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl on a Greyhound bus that traveled through Kansas had been deported 10 times and voluntarily removed from the U.S. another nine times since 2003, records obtained by The … Continue reading →